Susan J. Tweit

Meet the Wild Southwest by Susan Tweit is full of fun information, such as how many rattlesnake bites occur a year, the poor vision of javalinas, the way lizards clone themselves, how birds build nests inside saguaros, and how hawks and hummingbirds hover, to name but a few. She also accompanies the text with drawings, pronunciation guides, and sidebars with projects, “hot tips” and miscellaneous facts.

Evaluation: This is an excellent reference for both children and adults.… (mehr)

This is a memoir of recovery of physical wellness within an immense appreciation of the natural world, written in a manner that makes one just want to never stop reading. The author was given two years to live, with an uncertain diagnosis of a nonspecific autoimmune disease at the age of twenty-three. Over two decades later, by learning her body's needs and shaping her life to the world of nature, she writes a tale of following gentle and strong convictions lived within lessons of the crucial interrelationships of the species that defines the community of the land she so respects. A beautifully and engrossing testament to a species in its proper element reclaiming life.… (mehr)